Michael Fletcher: Leverage Small Groups
"People need content, but they also need connection. Disciples are made in small groups."
Interviews
Jeff Bogue: Pray for Your 3
Jeff Bogue shares insights on leading Grace Church through challenging times, emphasizing initiatives like 'Pray for Your 3' to foster community healing.
Dean Fulks: Learning to Communicate Better
"We streamlined our communication process so that it became more consistent. We knew that we had to be abundantly clear about the hearer’s best next step."
Mike Baker: Partner With Community Organizations
Mike Baker discusses the importance of partnering with community organizations, inspired by Jesus teaching on new wineskins, to identify what that will mean for this new wine.
Rufus Smith: Work for Church Unity and Justice
We are one example of how the church of Jesus Christ can leverage its platform, trust and credibility to be the conscience and compassionate arm of the gospel, as exemplified by Rufus Smith's work for church unity.
Karen Swallow Prior: The Truth and The CrossPart 1
The apostle Paul wrote, Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind (Rom. 12:2). In Pauls Greek, the word that is commonly translated as mind is nous, which typically refers to our rational, thinking faculties. But it also can be used to convey composure, a sense of the security that comes with thorough comprehension. The word illustrates how intellectual pursuits for the Christian can become vibrant acts of service to others and of resistance to a world intent on conforming us to its system of behavior. Karen Swallow Prior faith is a leading advocate for this deep and rational composure.
Karen Swallow Prior: Engaging Culture With Truth and LovePart 2
Karen Swallow Prior discusses engaging culture with truth and love, emphasizing the need to redeem the ways we interact with each other.
The Virus and the Church Pandemic Response
How church leaders responded during the early stages of the pandemic, focusing on their church pandemic response.
Steven Bouma-Prediger: Earthkeeping Is Integral to Our Christian Faith
We spoke to six experts about how the church can be a redemptive voice and compassionate presence in front-burner cultural issues. The following article on the topic of the environment is based on a conversation with Steven Bouma-Prediger, whose work emphasizes how Earthkeeping is integral to our Christian Faith. He is author of Earthkeeping and […]
Mae Elise Cannon: 6 Church Social Justice Issues and How the Church Can Respond
A pastor, author, academic and social justice advocate discusses six pressing social issues and how the church can respond.
